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Beowulf J. R. R. Tolkien
Beowulf
J. R. R. Tolkien
The translation of Beowulf by J. R. R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.
448 pages, 1 b/w illus
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 21, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780008116583 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins UK |
| Pages | 448 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 743 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Tolkien, Christopher |
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